Dr Francesca Stella

  • Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Sociological & Cultural Studies)

telephone: +44 (0)141 3305070
email: Francesca.Stella@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 1005, Adam Smith Building, G12 8RT

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435

Research interests

I am a Senior Lecturer in Sociology. Prior to (re)-joining the Sociology department as an LKAS Research Fellow in 2013, I have held an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, LSBU, Loondon (2012), and worked as a lecturer at the University of Glasgow across the subject areas of Sociology and Central and East European Studies (2007-11).

My current research focuses on the substantive topics of migration and sexuality.

  • I am interested in migrants’ experiences of settlement and belonging, and how they relate to integration policies and broader political discourses on migration. I am particularly interested in the role that language plays in migrants’ social networks and experiences of settlement. I am currently working on the BA funded project ‘Language learning and migrant “integration” in Scotland’ (2019-22), which explores provision of both formal and informal opportunities for language learning in the context of major changes for the ESOL sector, and considers the perspectives of learners, teachers, practitioners and policy-makers.
  • Queer migration is one of my core research interests. I have led the ESRC-funded project 'Intimate migrations: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender migrants in Scotland' (2015-17). The project foregrounds the experiences of queer migrants within a broader labour migration from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to Scotland. Adopting an intersectional approach, the project explored decisions to migrate, experiences of settlement and the development of migrants' social networks. The project led to two spin-offs:
    • The project ‘Developing engagement on LGBT and migrant equalities’, which resulted in the co-production of two sets of educational materials: one for the ESOL classroom, and the other for youth and community groups.
    • An evaluation of how the ESOL material was used by teachers and received by learners.
  • I have a long-standing interest in queer lives and sexual politics in Russia, the Former Soviet Union and post-socialist Eastern Europe. Work in this area includes:
    • Ethnographic work on the everyday lives of lesbian and bisexual women in contemporary urban Russia, and a follow-up oral history project on ‘lesbian’ existence under state socialism in Soviet Russia. These form the basis of the monograph ‘Lesbian lives in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia: post/socialism and gendered sexualities’ (Palgrave, 2015).
    • Co-editing ‘ Sexual and Gender Dissent in the USSR and in the post-Soviet space’, a special issue of Cahiers du Monde Russe (2021). The collection includes contributions from scholars from the post-Soviet region and beyond, and explores queer lives in different parts of the (former) Soviet Union.
    • Work exploring sexuality and gender, nationalism, citizenship and human rights. This includes the edited collection Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives (2016), as well as publications empirically grounded in research on the LGBT community in Russia (e.g. an article in Slavic Review 72(3), 2013 on Pride marches in Moscow, and a book chapter on sexual citizenship and the ‘anti-gender’ backlash in Russia)

 

Research interests

  • Queer migrations
  • Migration, settlement and belonging
  • Language use and language learning in migratory contexts
  • Sexuality and gender in migratory contexts
  • Sexualities in Russia and the post-socialist region
  • Sexuality, gender and socialist modernities
  • LGBTQ+ rights and sexual/gender politics: national/transnational perspectives
  • The ethics and methodologies of cross-cultural research
  • Feminist/queer theory, intersectionality
  • Storytelling as a form of public engagement

 

Research groups

Publications

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2024

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Binnie, Jon (2024) Homing desires: transnational queer migrants negotiating homes and homelands in Scotland. Sociological Review, (doi: 10.1177/00380261241244654) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Kay, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-3574 and Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2023) Fit for purpose? Insights on the present and future of ESOL and migration in Scotland. ESOL Matters, pp. 18-21.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Kay, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-3574 (2023) Language learning and migrant 'integration' in Scotland: exploring infrastructure, provision and experiences. Executive summary: Key findings and recommendations. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7886010).

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Kay, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-3574 (2023) Language Learning and Migrant ‘Integration’ In Scotland: Exploring Infrastructure, Provision and Experiences. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7885964).

2021

Healey, Dan, Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Clech, Arthur (Eds.) (2021) Dissidences sexuelles et de genre en URSS et dans l’espace postsoviétique = Sexual and Gender Dissent in the USSR and in the post-Soviet space. Series: Cahiers du monde russe. Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales: Paris. ISBN 9782713228940

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and MacDougall, Jennifer (2021) Reflections on the co-development of ESOL teaching material exploring LGBT lives. In: Pakuła, Łukasz (ed.) Linguistic Perspectives on Sexuality in Education: Representations, Constructions and Negotiations. Series: Palgrave studies in language, gender and sexuality. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 369-397. ISBN 9783030640293 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64030-9_13)

Healey, Dan and Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2021) Sexual and gender dissent in the USSR and post-Soviet space. Introduction. Cahiers du Monde Russe, 62(2/3), pp. 225-250. (doi: 10.4000/monderusse.12433)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2021) Social networks, language and identity negotiations among queer migrants in Scotland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(11), pp. 2537-2555. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1863203)

2018

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Campbell, Monique, Williams, Ben, Macdougall, Jennifer, Liinpää, Minna and Speirs, Jenny (2018) Engaging with LGBT and Migrant Equalities: a Youth and Community Toolkit. Manual. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Macdougall, Jennifer, Liinpää, Minna and Speirs, Jenny (2018) Engaging with LGBT and Migrant Equalities: Activities for the ESOL Classroom. Manual. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Flynn, Moya and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2018) Unpacking the meanings of ‘a normal life’ among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Eastern European migrants in Scotland. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 7(1), pp. 55-72. (doi: 10.17467/ceemr.2017.16)

2017

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Cuthbert, Karen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8810-8088 (2017) Intimate Migrations Final Project Report - Appendix 1: Life Before Migration. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Flynn, Moya and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2017) Intimate Migrations Final Report - Appendix 2: Recommendations from Second Consultation Event. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2016

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 and Flynn, Moya (2016) Intimate Migrations: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Migrants in Scotland. Project Report. GRAMNet, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (Eds.) (2016) Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives. Series: Routledge advances in critical diversities. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138805040

2015

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Nartova, Nadya (2015) Sexual citizenship, nationalism and biopolitics in Putin’s Russia. In: Stella, Francesca, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (eds.) Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives. Series: Advances in critical diversities (1). Routledge: London, pp. 24-42. ISBN 9781138805040

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (2015) Introduction. In: Stella, Francesca, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (eds.) Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives. Series: Advances in critical diversities (1). Routledge: London, pp. 10-22. ISBN 9781138805040

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2015) Intimate Migrations: lesbian, gay, bisexual migrants in Scotland. Project website. [Website]

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2015) Intimate Migrations: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Migrants in Scotland: Preliminary Findings Report. Project Report. GRAMNet, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2015) Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia: Post/Socialism and Gendered Sexualities. Series: Genders and sexualities in the social sciences. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137321237

2014

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2014) Engaging with 'impact' agendas? Reflections on storytelling as knowledge exchange. In: Taylor, Yvette (ed.) The Entrepreneurial University: Engaging Publics, Intersecting Impacts. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 105-124. ISBN 9781137275868

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2014) Issledovanie zhizni lesbiianok v sovetskii period: pokolencheskii podkhod. In: Kondakov, A.A. (ed.) Na pereput’e. Metodologiia, teoriia I praktika LGBT I kvir issledovanii. Tsentr Nezavisimykh Sotsiologicheskikh Issledovanii / Centre for Independent Social Research: Saint Petersburg, pp. 231-248. ISBN 9785919184263

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2014) Agenda: protest against Russia's anti-gay stance can play into Putin's hands. Herald,

2013

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2013) Lesbian lives and real existing socialism in late Soviet Russia. In: Taylor, Y. and Addison, M. (eds.) Queer Presences and Absences. Series: Gender and sexualities in the social sciences. Palgrave MacMillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230302549

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2013) Queer space, Pride and shame in Moscow. Slavic Review, 72(2), pp. 458-480. (doi: 10.5612/slavicreview.72.3.0458)

2012

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2012) The politics of in/visibility: carving out queer space in Ul'yanovsk. Europe-Asia Studies, 64(10), pp. 1822-1846. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2012.676236)

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Mamattah, S. and Turbine, V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-8103 (2012) Introduction to special section 'Location, Agency and Change in Provincial Russia'. Europe-Asia Studies, 64(10), pp. 1811-1821. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2012.717366)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2012) Review of: Queer in Europe: contemporary case studies, edited by Lisa Downing and Robert Gillett. Journal of Gender Studies, 21(2), pp. 220-222. [Book Review]

2011

Cowen, T., Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Magahy, K., Strauss, K and Morton, J. (2011) Sanctuary, Safety and Solidarity: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Asylum Seekers in Scotland. Project Report. Equality Network, BEMIS and GRAMNet, Glasgow, UK.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2011) Cultural Diversity in Russian Cities: The Urban Landscape in the Post-Soviet Era, Edited by Cordula Gdaniec. Cultural Analysis, 10, [Book Review]

2010

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2010) The language of intersectionality: researching ‘lesbian’ identity in urban Russia. In: Taylor, Y, Hines, S and Casey, M (eds.) Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstone, pp. 212-234. ISBN 0230229301

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2010) Review of Taylor, Yvette. Working-class Lesbian Life: Classed Outsiders. European Societies, 12(2), pp. 279-281. (doi: 10.1080/14616690903432347)[Book Review]

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2010) Temkina, A. Seksual’naia zhizn’ zhenshchiny: mezhdu podchineniem i svobody = Women’s sexual lives: between oppression and freedom. Slavic Review, 69(1), [Book Review]

2008

Stella, F. (2008) Homophobia begins at home: lesbian and bisexual women's experiences of the parental household in urban Russia. Kul'tura, 2, pp. 12-17.

2007

Stella, F. (2007) The right to be different? Sexual citizenship and its politics in post-Soviet Russia. In: Equal or Different? Gender, Equality and Ideology Under State Socialism and After. Palgrave, pp. 146-166. ISBN 0230524842

2004

Stella, F. (2004) Images of sexuality and sexual diversity in the Russian press. eSharp, 3,

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Articles

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Binnie, Jon (2024) Homing desires: transnational queer migrants negotiating homes and homelands in Scotland. Sociological Review, (doi: 10.1177/00380261241244654) (Early Online Publication)

Kay, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-3574 and Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2023) Fit for purpose? Insights on the present and future of ESOL and migration in Scotland. ESOL Matters, pp. 18-21.

Healey, Dan and Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2021) Sexual and gender dissent in the USSR and post-Soviet space. Introduction. Cahiers du Monde Russe, 62(2/3), pp. 225-250. (doi: 10.4000/monderusse.12433)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2021) Social networks, language and identity negotiations among queer migrants in Scotland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(11), pp. 2537-2555. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1863203)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Flynn, Moya and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2018) Unpacking the meanings of ‘a normal life’ among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Eastern European migrants in Scotland. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 7(1), pp. 55-72. (doi: 10.17467/ceemr.2017.16)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2014) Agenda: protest against Russia's anti-gay stance can play into Putin's hands. Herald,

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2013) Queer space, Pride and shame in Moscow. Slavic Review, 72(2), pp. 458-480. (doi: 10.5612/slavicreview.72.3.0458)

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2012) The politics of in/visibility: carving out queer space in Ul'yanovsk. Europe-Asia Studies, 64(10), pp. 1822-1846. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2012.676236)

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Mamattah, S. and Turbine, V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-8103 (2012) Introduction to special section 'Location, Agency and Change in Provincial Russia'. Europe-Asia Studies, 64(10), pp. 1811-1821. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2012.717366)

Stella, F. (2008) Homophobia begins at home: lesbian and bisexual women's experiences of the parental household in urban Russia. Kul'tura, 2, pp. 12-17.

Stella, F. (2004) Images of sexuality and sexual diversity in the Russian press. eSharp, 3,

Books

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2015) Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia: Post/Socialism and Gendered Sexualities. Series: Genders and sexualities in the social sciences. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137321237

Book Sections

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and MacDougall, Jennifer (2021) Reflections on the co-development of ESOL teaching material exploring LGBT lives. In: Pakuła, Łukasz (ed.) Linguistic Perspectives on Sexuality in Education: Representations, Constructions and Negotiations. Series: Palgrave studies in language, gender and sexuality. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 369-397. ISBN 9783030640293 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64030-9_13)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Nartova, Nadya (2015) Sexual citizenship, nationalism and biopolitics in Putin’s Russia. In: Stella, Francesca, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (eds.) Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives. Series: Advances in critical diversities (1). Routledge: London, pp. 24-42. ISBN 9781138805040

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (2015) Introduction. In: Stella, Francesca, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (eds.) Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives. Series: Advances in critical diversities (1). Routledge: London, pp. 10-22. ISBN 9781138805040

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2014) Engaging with 'impact' agendas? Reflections on storytelling as knowledge exchange. In: Taylor, Yvette (ed.) The Entrepreneurial University: Engaging Publics, Intersecting Impacts. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 105-124. ISBN 9781137275868

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2014) Issledovanie zhizni lesbiianok v sovetskii period: pokolencheskii podkhod. In: Kondakov, A.A. (ed.) Na pereput’e. Metodologiia, teoriia I praktika LGBT I kvir issledovanii. Tsentr Nezavisimykh Sotsiologicheskikh Issledovanii / Centre for Independent Social Research: Saint Petersburg, pp. 231-248. ISBN 9785919184263

Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2013) Lesbian lives and real existing socialism in late Soviet Russia. In: Taylor, Y. and Addison, M. (eds.) Queer Presences and Absences. Series: Gender and sexualities in the social sciences. Palgrave MacMillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230302549

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2010) The language of intersectionality: researching ‘lesbian’ identity in urban Russia. In: Taylor, Y, Hines, S and Casey, M (eds.) Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstone, pp. 212-234. ISBN 0230229301

Stella, F. (2007) The right to be different? Sexual citizenship and its politics in post-Soviet Russia. In: Equal or Different? Gender, Equality and Ideology Under State Socialism and After. Palgrave, pp. 146-166. ISBN 0230524842

Book Reviews

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2012) Review of: Queer in Europe: contemporary case studies, edited by Lisa Downing and Robert Gillett. Journal of Gender Studies, 21(2), pp. 220-222. [Book Review]

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2011) Cultural Diversity in Russian Cities: The Urban Landscape in the Post-Soviet Era, Edited by Cordula Gdaniec. Cultural Analysis, 10, [Book Review]

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2010) Review of Taylor, Yvette. Working-class Lesbian Life: Classed Outsiders. European Societies, 12(2), pp. 279-281. (doi: 10.1080/14616690903432347)[Book Review]

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2010) Temkina, A. Seksual’naia zhizn’ zhenshchiny: mezhdu podchineniem i svobody = Women’s sexual lives: between oppression and freedom. Slavic Review, 69(1), [Book Review]

Edited Books

Healey, Dan, Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Clech, Arthur (Eds.) (2021) Dissidences sexuelles et de genre en URSS et dans l’espace postsoviétique = Sexual and Gender Dissent in the USSR and in the post-Soviet space. Series: Cahiers du monde russe. Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales: Paris. ISBN 9782713228940

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Taylor, Yvette, Reynolds, Tracey and Rogers, Antoine (Eds.) (2016) Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives. Series: Routledge advances in critical diversities. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138805040

Research Reports or Papers

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Kay, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-3574 (2023) Language learning and migrant 'integration' in Scotland: exploring infrastructure, provision and experiences. Executive summary: Key findings and recommendations. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7886010).

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Kay, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-3574 (2023) Language Learning and Migrant ‘Integration’ In Scotland: Exploring Infrastructure, Provision and Experiences. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7885964).

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Campbell, Monique, Williams, Ben, Macdougall, Jennifer, Liinpää, Minna and Speirs, Jenny (2018) Engaging with LGBT and Migrant Equalities: a Youth and Community Toolkit. Manual. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Macdougall, Jennifer, Liinpää, Minna and Speirs, Jenny (2018) Engaging with LGBT and Migrant Equalities: Activities for the ESOL Classroom. Manual. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Cuthbert, Karen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8810-8088 (2017) Intimate Migrations Final Project Report - Appendix 1: Life Before Migration. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Flynn, Moya and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2017) Intimate Migrations Final Report - Appendix 2: Recommendations from Second Consultation Event. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 and Flynn, Moya (2016) Intimate Migrations: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Migrants in Scotland. Project Report. GRAMNet, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 (2015) Intimate Migrations: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Migrants in Scotland: Preliminary Findings Report. Project Report. GRAMNet, Glasgow.

Cowen, T., Stella, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435, Magahy, K., Strauss, K and Morton, J. (2011) Sanctuary, Safety and Solidarity: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Asylum Seekers in Scotland. Project Report. Equality Network, BEMIS and GRAMNet, Glasgow, UK.

Website

Stella, Francesca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-0435 and Gawlewicz, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-3226 (2015) Intimate Migrations: lesbian, gay, bisexual migrants in Scotland. Project website. [Website]

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Grants

 

  • British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant ‘Language learning and migrant 'integration' in Scotland: exploring infrastructure, provision and experiences’ (2019-22). As Principal Investigator, with Professor Rebecca Kay (co-I)
  • Evaluation of toolkit ‘Engaging with LGBT and migrant equalities: Activities for the ESOL classroom’ (2018-19) (funded through Glasgow University’s Academic Returners and Research support scheme). As Principal Investigator.
  • IAA ESRC Grant 'Developing engagement on LGBT and migrant equality', May 2017-May 2018. As Principal Investigator, with Dr Moya Flynn (co-I) and Dr Anna Gawlewicz (RA).
  • ESRC Standard Grant‘Intimate migrations: exploring the experiences of LGB migrant from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union in Scotland’, Jan 2015-Dec 2017. As Principal Investigator.
  • New Initiatives Fund (University of Glasgow, 2014)
    GRAMNet workshop 'Migration and Intimate Life', 18 June 2014 (with Dr Marta Moskal)
  • ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2012, ES/I038497/1)
    'Queer lives and urban space: from Russia to the new Europe'
  • AHRC Network Initiative (2011-12, AH/I001557/1)
    'Translating Russian and East European Cultures' (named applicant/contributor)
  • Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Research Grant (2009-10)
    'Female homosexuality and actually existing socialism: an oral history project of lesbian relations in Soviet Russia' (PI)
  • Adam Smith Research Foundation Seedcorn Grant (2008)
    International workshop 'Agency and Change in Provincial Russia: the Impact of Location(s)'. University of Glasgow, 2 April 2008; co-organiser

 

Supervision

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD applicants in any of my main areas of research. I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate Sociology dissertations (MRes Sociology and Research Methods, MRes Equality and Human Rights).

Current Research Students

  • Erdem Avsar (2019) ‘Queer Theatre as Political Intervention’. LKAS PhD scholarship. Supervised with Dr Stephen Greer (Theatre Studies) and Professor Alison Phipps (Education)
  • Claire Kish (2020) ‘Scottish female journalist’s experiences of gendered online harassment’. ESRC scholarship. Supervised with Dr Catherine Happer and Professor Bridgette Wessels (Sociology).
  • Elliot Napier (2022) 'Becoming a queer migrant in Kazakhstan'. Supervised with Dr Leyla Sayfutdinova (CEES).
  • Xuqing Feng (2023) 'A qualitative study of resilience practices among transgender and gender diverse adolescents on the waitlists of gender identity clinics in the UK'. Supervised with Dr Ruth Pearce (Education).

Successful completions

  • Holly Porteous, ‘Beauty, Femininity and Consumption in Contemporary Russian Women’s Magazines’. Co-supervised with Professor Rebecca Kay, CEES (2014)
  • Karen Cuthbert, ‘Doing gender’ without sexuality? An exploration of asexual masculinities and femininities’, co-supervised with Dr Matt Dawson, Sociology 2017)
  • Jenny Speirs, 'How do lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified young people who use the internet experience, construct and manage psychological wellbeing?', co-supervised with Professor Sally Wyke, Sociology (2017, MPhil)
  • Gokben Demibras, 'A Feminist re-reading of Globalisation and Changing Social Constructions of Gender: a Comparative Neighbourhood Study in Turkey’ - co-supervised with Dr Susan Batchelor, Sociology (2018)
  • Natalya Khalymonchik, 'The influence of Japanese popular culture on Russian subcultural youth communities' - co-supervised with Dr Moya Flynn and Professor Rebecca Kay, CEES (2018)
  • Panagiotis Theodoropoulos, 'Precarity and Solidarity among Migrant Workers in the UK', with Dr Andy Smith (Sociology) (2021)
  • Sopio Davituri, 'Gender Inequality and Women’s Negotiation of Public and Private Spaces in Contemporary Georgia'. CoSS PhD scholarship. Supervised with Dr Robert Gibb (Sociology) and Prof Rebecca Kay (CEES) (2022).

 

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

Postgraduate Teaching

Previous  Admin Roles 

  • Sociology Honours convenor (2019-2021)

  • Sociology PGR co-convenor (2015-17)

  • Member of Ethics Committee, School of Social and Political Sciences (2015)

  • Honours Dissertation Convenor and Ethics Officer, Sociology (2010-11)

  • CEES level 2 convener (2008-2011)

Previous Teaching Roles

  • Sociology level 1B: Migration and Society (2014-17; co-designer and contributor)
  • MSc module 'Contemporary Approaches to Gender Relations' (course convener, 2015-16)
  • CEES level 1: contributor (2014-15)
  • CEES level 2 contributor (2008-2011 and 2013-14) (team-taught)
  • Hons module ‘Sexual citizenship in the new Europe’ (Sociology) – convener and sole lecturer (2011-2012)
  • Hons module in social sciences and humanities research methods (CEES) – convener and contributor (2011-12)
  • Hons module ‘Post-Soviet Russia: renegotiating global and local identities’ (CEES, 40 credits over two semester)– convener and sole lecturer (2007-08 and 2009-10)

Research datasets

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Number of items: 1.

2019

Stella, F. and Flynn, M. (2019) Intimate migrations: LGBT migrants from Central Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union in Scotland 2015-2016. [Data Collection]

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Additional information

Peer reviewing

  • Member of the ESRC Peer Review College (Oct 2015-)
  • Review of grant applications for Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium, and Royal Society, UK
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Sociological Research Online (2015-2018)
  • Referee of journal articles for: Sexualities, Gender, Place and Culture, Social and Cultural Geographies, GLQ, Slavic Review, Europe-Asia Studies, Lambda Nordica, Nationalities Papers and Girlhood Studies
  • Referee of book proposals for Routledge and Palgrave (2011-present)

Institutional Affiliations

 Professional Memberships

  • Member of the European Sociological Association
  • Member of British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies
  • Member of British Sociological Association
  • Member of the Higher Education Academy